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J. B. PARKER. RAZOR GASTER. No. 391,186. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BYRON PARKER, OF WVARDNER, IDAHO TERRITORY.

RAZOR-CASTEIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,186, dated October16, 1888. Pplication filed September 15, 1887. Renewed August 21, 1888.Serial No. 283,392. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN BYRON PARKER, of \Vardner, in the county ofShoshone and Territory of Idaho, have invented a new and ImprovedRazor-Caster, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to a caster or case for holding a barbers outfit ofrazors and shears conveniently at hand for use, and has for its objectto provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device of thischaracter.

The invention consists in certain novel features ofeonstruction andcombinations ofparts of the razor caster or case, all as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved razor caster or case, andshows also in dotted lines a sheet-metal box in which the device may beplaced for transportation or storage; and Fig.2 is a central verticalsectional elevation of the caster, showinga razor and shears heldtherein.

A eonically-shaped base, A, which is preferably made hollow to securelightness, is provided at its top with a suitable plug, internallythreaded to receive the lower threaded end of a spindle or shaft, B,which passes loosely through a central hub, O, which carries the razorand shears holding frame D and their lower support, E, as presentlydescribed.

The frame D comprises a series of radial wires, F, a marginal wire orring, G, and an elastic band, H. The wires F are each bent double, andtheir end parts, which lie closely together, are fitted into the hub G,and at some little distance from the hub the two side parts of the wirediverge and are bent downward and inward, and at the bends inclose andclamp the marginal wire or ring G, and from this ring the two lower bentparts of the wires F converge and again meet at a point about belowwhere the upper parts of the wires diverge, and the extreme inner parts,f, of the wires, which are preferably doubled closely together, are thenbent upward to the main radial parts of the wires; but before this lastI upward bend of the wires is completed the rubber or elastic band H isslipped inside of the inner parts, f, of the wires, which thus confinethe band H in the loops formed by the between adjacent diverging outerparts of the wires F and the marginal wire G and elastic band H, formopenings into which a razor, J, or shears, K, may he slipped, and as thedistance between the wire G and band H is narrower than the width of aclosed razor the elastic band II will be stretched and forced inwardinto loop form by a razor passed into one of the openings I, and wherebythe band will exert a tension or pressure on the razor to hold its bladesecurely closed, as will be understood from Fig. 2 of the drawings. Theshears K may he slipped point downward either through an opening, I, orthrough a space, i, behind it and between the elastic band H and the hubG of the device, or the shears may be passed between the two divergingouter angular parts of-the wires F and the wire or ring G and band H. InFig. 2 of the drawings the shears are shown passed into one of theopenings I, more particularly designed for holding razors in closedcondition.

Both the razors and the shears rest at their lower ends on the supportE, which consists, preferably, of a close conical sheet-metal structurefastened at its upper end to the hub O and provided at its lower marginwith an upturned flange, e, which is braced at its upper edge to the hubO by a series of wires, e, which also serve as partitions to hold orspace apart the razors or shears held by the device.

It is obvious that with the above-described caster or holder a barbersentire outfit of razors and shears may be held conveniently at hand, andeasily accessible by simply turning the hub O and attached frameD andsupport E on the spindle B, and when the caster is out of use or duringtransportation it may be packed snugly in a sheet-metal case, L,(indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings,) and this casewill hold the caster with all the razors and shears held by it, as willreadily be understood.

bends of the wires. The spaces I, thus formed Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The combination, in a razor caster or case, of a base provided with aspindle, ahub fitted for rotation on said spindle, a frame fixed to thehub and having openings adapted to receive closed razors and providedwith an elastic band exerting pressure on the razors to hold themclosed, and a lower support for the razors, also fixed to the hub,substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, in a razor caster or case, of a base, A, a spindle,B, thereon, a hub, O, loose on the spindle, a frame, D, comprising wiresF fixed to the hub, a marginal wire, G, held to the wires F, and saidwires F arranged to form openings I between them and vertical parts f,an elastic band, H, confined by the partsf, and a lowersupport held tothe hub O and adapted to hold the ends of the razors or shears held inthe frame D, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination, in a razor caster or case, of a base, A, a spindle,B, thereon, a hub, C, on the spindle, a frame, D, comprising wires Ffixed to the hub, a marginal wire, G,

held to the wires F, and said wires F arranged to form openings Ibetween them and vertical partsf, an elastic band, H, confined by'thepartsf, and a lower support comprising a structure, E, having a flange,e, and held to the hub O, and stay-wires 6, connecting the parts 6 O,substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

4. In a razor caster or case, the upper support for razors or shears,comprising aframe, D, made with radial wires F, fixed to a cen' tral huband forming openings I between them, a marginal wire, G, clamped by thebends of the wires F, and said wires formed with vertical partsf, and anelastic band, H, confined by the parts f, substantially as herein setforth.

5. In a razor caster or case, the lower support for razors or shears,comprising a conical structure, E, fixed to a central hub and pro videdwith a flange, e, and stay and partition wires e, connecting said flangeand hub, substantially as herein set forth.

JOHN BYRON PARKER.

Witnesses.

JOHN P. CHEW, GEO. WM. WESTROCK.

